Dichotomies

Yorker magazine is a story about two young Christians who are faced with the issue of an unplanned pregnancy. The critic reviewing this short story is Matt Bucher. He takes a psychological/philosophical approach and references the division and dichotomy within the story. Religious imagery is highlighted as well as the struggle and divisions within ourselves. Outwardly, this story seems focused on “to abort” or “not to abort,” but in reality, it is a story about our inner battle between good…

In “The Practice of Love,” Erich Fromm argues that the same rules which apply to the practice of any art, apply to the art of loving. According to Fromm, these rules are discipline, concentration, patience, and a “supreme concern” with mastering the art in question. ‘Discipline’ refers to not being lazy about one’s practice, i.e. being consistent about it and not doing it only when the mood strikes. ‘Concentration’ refers to a type of focus and stillness that entails being present in the given…

elements have taken over and need to be balanced in order to create stability. However a personal path uses the pentacle, ultimately the usage of it as upright and inverted can be thought of as dualities. Whether it is a female/male dichotomy or a spirit/earthly matters dichotomy, it simply represents that there is a balance among all…

harmonious relationships, even though traditional life course theories would predict them. (Source unknown--LOST) In this way, the proposed situational dichotomy between forging autonomy and conforming to parental domesticity does not to play out in actuality as often as one might expect. One reason for this is that the aspirational side of the dichotomy (the ideal of finding one’s true, autonomous self through enabled exploration) is really too far-fetched and idealized for the harsh actuality…

encouraged by our parents. Even from a young age we are attracted to positions of power, but at what cost? Shakespeare demonstrates how one can not maintain upward mobility in the social hierarchy while keeping moral values through irony, metaphor, and dichotomy to warn society of the possible outcome when individuals thirst for unnatural power. In the play of Macbeth, the newly appointed thane of Cawdor, Macbeth, lusts after the crown after receiving an omen from the three supernatural Weird…

The inclusiveness of mestiza identity fashioned by the interplay between the fictional and the poetic helped the writer re-define her identity beyond the limits of the classical dichotomies. For Anzldùa , the detrimental relationship between language and identity is at the core of the politics of re- presentation and subversion , thus ,her experimentation with innovative writing techniques in order to reflect the aptitude of the…

much of this time period. (Shafritz and Borick, 2011). Furthermore, many would agree, much of this was attributed to his expressed doctrine focused on political biased. Indeed, Rove’s doctrine and political bias will be forever intermingled in the dichotomy of politics and public administration. To be fair, there was nothing illegal…

Is 'culture ' and 'personality ' a false dichotomy as Melford Spiro maintained? How does a person become a member of their culture? Psychological anthropology, emerging in the 1930s, questioned the relationship between the individual and society. This question became a key theme of research of so-called 'culture and personality ' theorists – a question still present within the subdiscipline today (LeVine, 2010). In positioning anthropological analysis along the two theoretical points –…

Political Rhetoric The 2016 presidential election is in less than ten days away and everyone seems to have a problem with democrat candidate Hillary Clinton and republican candidate Donald Trump. These two presidential candidates have spoken to their people about the making our economy great, working together, and making America great again. Even though, these candidates are speaking from their heart the many things they promise can be false and even be persuaded. Hillary Clinton, whose husband…

Within a society dominated by a hierarchical structure of riches and poverty, purity and defilement, and honor and shame, the message in Luke calls for a reversal of such values. Throughout his Gospel, Luke employs a plethora of literary techniques in Mary’s Song, Jesus’ initial Sermon, and the parables and stories of the Rich and the Kingdom of God, the Rich Fool, the Shrewd Manager, and The Rich Man and Lazarus in order to portray a theme of universality and to call followers to live simply…